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The Standard Kisumu Bureau Chief EVELYNE KWAMBOKA interviewed Information Cabinet Secretary FRED MATIANG’I on his role in Gusii politics as well as his work as a Government official. Here are the excerpts.
QUESTION: As President Uhuru Kenyatta’s point-man in Kisii, how easy is it for you to co-ordinate political functions since people consider you a technocrat with no political constituency?
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